806 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited and offered some observations on a 

 collection of Grasses from Northern Queensland, and Northern 

 and Central Australia, the economic value, geographical distri- 

 bution and special characteristics of each species being pointed 

 out. The following species were represented : — 

 Andropogon exaltaUis, R.Br.; Cooper's Creek. 



,, sericeus^ R.Br., var. folystacliyus] Port Denison. 



Antliistiria fronclosa, R.Br.; Port Darwin. 

 C entotheca lappacea, Desv.; Johnstone River. 

 CJiloris divaricata, R.Br.; west of Rockhampton. 



,, scariosa, F.v.M.; Bo wen Downs. 

 Dimeria tenera, Trin.; Port Darwin. 

 Eriach7ie armitii, F.v.M.; Gilbert River. 



,, glaitca, R.Br.; Gulf of Carpentaria. 

 ,, squarrosa^ R.Br.; Endeavour River. 

 ,, stipacea, F.v.M.; Cape York. 

 Heteracline hrownii, Benth.; Port Darwin. 

 Heteropogon insignis, Thw.; Port Darwin. 

 Panicum argetiteiom, R.Br.; Gulf of Carpentaria. 

 ,, prenticeanum^ Bail.; Russell River. 

 ,, sp. nov.; south of Port Darwin. 



,, trichoideSj Sw.; Mulgrave River. 



Foa nodosa, Nees; near Cooper's Creek. 

 Fogonatherum saccharoides, Beauv.; Johnstone Ri^er. 

 Hotthoellia exaltafa, Linn.; Gulf of Carpentaria. 



,. opJiiuroides, Benth.; Port Darwin. 



Sorghum inti^ans, F.v.M.; Port Darwin. 

 Spinifex longifolius, R.Br.; Port Darwin. 

 Sporoholus virghiicus, Kunth, var. pallida ; near Cooper's 



Creek. 

 Triodia pungens, R.Br.; north-west of Cooper's Creek. 

 Triodia pungens, R.Br., is one of the "porcupine" grasses 

 which cover large tracts of desert country in the interior of Aus- 

 tralia. These prickly grasses are now called " Spinifex " (though 

 they must not be confounded with the botanical genus Spinifex), 

 and some explorers and experienced bushmen hold the opinion 



